Friday, 14 September 2007

Based on the Department of Corrections' representation, it expected problems to arise during Mr. Diaz's execution.

Yet, despite knowing that a medical issue would interfere with the lethal injection procedure, the Department obviously did not resolve the issue prior to moving forward with the execution as dictated in its protocol.

Additionally, counsel for Mr. Diaz was denied access to his medical records and it was never disclosed that DOC expected any such complications.